The Blue Nile crashes over the cataract in the lush forests of northwest Ethiopia. Photograph by Diego Lezama Orezzoli/CORBIS

Interesting Facts about Ethiopia from Top 10 of Everything 2009

This is our second annual list of Interesting Facts about Ethiopia compiled from the latest issue of "Top 10 of Everything 2009" book by Russell Ash. There are some interesting facts about Ethiopia which you may or may not know. For instance, the hottest place in the world is Dalol, Ethiopia with an average temperature of 94.3F/34.6c followed by Assab. Ethiopia ranks 5th in the top 10 countries with the most deaths from natural disasters between 1900-2007 which includes death from drought, earthquakes, epidemics, extreme temperature, floods etc. Did you know that the Abyssinian Cat ranks as #6 in the top 10 Pedigree Cat Breeds in the USA? According to catinfo.com, Abyssinian cat was brought to England by Captain Barrett Leonard at the conclusion of the 'Abyssinian war' 1868.

Ethiopia ranks #7 in the number of cattle in the world with more than 38 million cattle. Ethiopia ranks #3 in the top 10 Least Fat Consumers in the world with Eritrea ranking #10. Among the top 10 Least developed countries, Ethiopia ranks #9.

Eritreans consume the least calories in the world with just 1500 calories intake while Ethiopia ranks #5 among the top 10 Least calories consuming countries in the world with an average calorie consumption per capita of 1850.

Ethiopia ranks #3 in highest marriage rate in the world with an average of 10.2 marriages per 1000 people per year.

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The Eritreans spend on avarage 8 hrs under the sunshine just for making a line to get one bread.Making a long que(line) is by itself a cruel stress which will burn all the calories they get from the carbohydrate in the bread.In addition to that Eritreans don`t eat meat because of the poverty.They usually rent a sheep for 3hrs/day during holidays and return it back to government immediately.They are not allowed to slaughter sheep.So, I can understand why they are NUMERO UNO.

:no: The 10 Countries with the Most Deaths From Natural Disasters,we are
number three.i don’t agree with this
number 100%.;D unles we are counting
human made Disasters the number is
lower than 415,837.

“Eritreans usually rent a sheep for 3hrs/day during holidays and return it back to government immediately":)):)):)):)):)):)):)):)):))
oh my day:>> but come on guys be fair to eritrean, they are saving meat for the unknown future generation:!:

These are the realities of so called Ethiopia for over one hundred years since its incorporated holding false name of Ethiopia by occupying others land and resources. Those habashas are proved how inefficient and backward they are. From this record one can easily understand about this miserable and shame nation. >:XX

Is it based on Weyannes Statics or where did you get this stupied thing?
why is it every thing has to be compared with eritrea? By the way come up with the Begger,Hoddam,and looters statistic next time.

Nazret!
I do not beleive you did that.
that was a cheap shot and unprofessional to edit some ones list.
I do not think you can change the fact that Assab is Eritrean by simply crossing the name.
You should have removed “Ethiopia” from the list of the “land locked” countries as well if you have to cross “Eritrea” and associate Ethiopia to Assab.
I thought you guys, at Nazret admins are cool and reasonable. But this particular silly act tells a volume about you.
I am not mad or offended about it, but the fact that one controls a website and can edit things to their liking bothers me and this kind of things happen on websites administered by people who have a minimum understanding of administering a blog/website. I hope you are bold enough to share my criticism and not block it.

Wahahaha, you Ethiopians are crazy how can Assab been Ethiopian and at the same time Ethiopia is landlocks.
really comparing Ethiopians with Eritrea unheard. Eritrea is yo much better then Ethiopia.
where is all the billons of help for Ethiopia.
Eritrea ppl are on the good way with our power and confident.
Ethiopia ppl can learen a lot from Eritreans, but first you need to stop your monster gvt of distroying your country.

General Wuchu [Visitor]
at tenefana nazret is not the one who wrote the article, and Assab Is Ethiopia and will always stay Ethiopian land looser, what do you think your thinny Eritrea doing with Assab?

The 10 Poorest Countries?
Ethiopians can see here that Eritrea is not on the top 10. You may ask yourself why is Ethiopia which live from handout, that get millions of dollars a year on the top 10 and Eritrea which is living by herself not on the top ten. hmmmmm wake up next door!!!!

PS: Asseb is Ethiopia and Ethiopia is landlocked. lol you guys are so dumb, damn if you want to deceive yourself then do it right man!

nazert.com you have no idea how proud you make us feel sometime. yes asseb belongs to Ethiopia.they majority of Ethiopians with you we love you keep doing what you doing. don’t worry about the so called eritrians they are so stupid and ignorant. every word that comes out of their mouth is hate for Ethiopia.let them bark all day.

you have just shown as that you are the true sons and daughters of Ethiopia.